Patagonia Trekking

Join us this spring in the Colombia valley for a white water canoe warm up. We’ll cover intermediate canoe  skills in class 1-2 moving water.

Golden Hut to Hut

Hiking from hut to hut in the Esplanade range of the Selkirk mountains near Golden BC is a delight. With four huts spaced a days walk from each other the whole length of the esplanade, we will see a new section each day. We’ll carry light packs with personal items only as each lodge is fully equiped to keep us well fed and comfortable.

Backcountry Ski Touring

We look forward to spending the week together with you and exploring the amazing ski terrain that Selkirk Lodge has to offer!

Wildfire season

It seems these days that August is hit and miss on whether or not we will have wildfire smoke drifting through our mountains and into our communities.

While summer 2019 had regular rainfall and cooler temperatures to suppress  wildfires, the previous few summers (2017/18!) had me wondering if I’d ever see the sun.

Fortunately wildflowers still grab my attention and still look glorious when I’m out hiking on smokey days. The mountains take on unique hues, and I can still have fun. I hope its not the new normal, but at least if it is, wildflower views like this make a small consolation.

 

Spring whitewater tune-up!

Join us this spring in the Colombia valley for a white water canoe warm up.

We’ll cover intermediate canoe  skills in class 1-2 moving water, working  on form and technique including stroke improvement, reading the river, review of eddy turns, ferries, S-turns, and river reading. If time allows we may look at surfing and rescue review.

Dates: June 4-5 and June 11-12

Trip Price: $300 (plus GST)

 

Wapta Ski Tour

Spring on the Wapta icefield is a lot of fun. The snowpack is well consolidated and peaks in great shape for bagging!

Join us for a Classic Wapta traverse April 4-6 (Into Bow Hut, Balfour Hut, Scott Duncan and out Sherbrook Lake)

or April 18-22 with an Extra day at Bow Hut to practise crevasse rescue and glacier travel skills.

 

April Summits

Join ACMG ski guide Jamie Whiteside in bagging the best of the Rockies and Selkirks ski mountaineering peaks in our April Summits series. 

Favorite Peaks in the Rockies include Mount Hector, Cathedral Peak, & Mount Colombia (two night trip recommended) to name a few.

Rogers Pass has several accessible peaks, while further afield, heli  and hut access destinations make for some great ski mountaineering to the south and north of Glacier national Park including the Adamants,  Mt Purity, Wheeler and Kilpatrick, Sir Sanford out of Great Cairn Hut.

Contact Jamie to discuss the best fit for you!

 

Thoughout April.

Trip Price: $200 (plus GST) – minimum 3 participants or private guide fee of $600